Ideas for Making the Most of Your Next Networking Event

The following post has tips to make your next networking event a success.

Have you ever had one of those terrible networking event experiences? You know the ones—where you sit in the corner the whole time because nobody is interested in talking. Or perhaps you strolled in and suddenly realized everyone was more prepared than you. You didn’t even bring business cards! Networking events can be great experiences if you

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Ideas for Making the Most of Your Next Networking Event

8 Sure Fire Ways to Fail

If you want to achieve success in life, avoid the eight obstacles in the following post.

America continues to be the world’s largest economy and boasts the lion share of global billionaires. In fact, there were reportedly 442 billionaires in America in 2012—the nationality majority of the record 1,426 people who have earned this laudable distinction around the world. When considering the staggering success only an elite few attain in business, it

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8 Sure Fire Ways to Fail

University of You: Starting Your Own Business in College

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Brandon Bernier is a junior at George Washington University, majoring in computer science. He’s also making financial ends meet as president of Bernier Enterprises, LLC,. How does he run a business while juggling a full-time student schedule? It’s not as hard as you think. Continue Reading

What Telecommuting Can Do for You

Whether you are an employer or an employee, telecommuting offers benefits to you.  The following infographic shows how working from home can help you personally and financially. Continue Reading

Starting a Business Right After Graduation

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Starting a business is something that most people think comes later—after they’ve worked their way up a ladder, made some contacts, saved some money, spent a few years in the trenches…you get the idea. That doesn’t have to be your story. Starting your own business is one of the best things you can do and there’s no time like the present to do it. Here’s how to make it happen. Continue Reading

7 Tips For College Students Looking To Start Their Own Businesses

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Post-graduate life can be exciting but also a little scary:  how do you make your mark, can you really follow your dreams?  Here are 7 tips for those embarking on their careers after college

1. Love it because you’re going to have to breathe it! If you’re not excited and passionate about what your idea is, you can’t expect others to be either.  Starting your own business really does mean that you are on the job 24/7 and it gets hard to maintain the focus and passion needed if you don’t really believe in what you’re doing. Continue Reading

Do You Want “Mathemagical Superpowers?” Prepare for an Emerging Career in Data Analytics

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The movie Moneyball showed Oakland Athletics’ use of performance data to recruit talented baseball players with good ROI. The new big thing is fanalytics, applied to a wide range of sports: basketball, hockey, motorsport, tennis, and more.

Bill Wilson (sports fan and recovering lawyer) wrote a blog about the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference:

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Doug Henschen, executive editor of InformationWeek, wrote that analytics are used in decision-making from “ticket and merchandise sales to labor agreements to player contracts, to TV and digital media deals.”

Computer modeling enabled meteorologists to give a heads-up warning to government agencies about Hurricane Sandy. The presidential and Senate race outcomes were accurately predicted by statistician Nate Silver and neuroscientist Sam Wang, respectively.

Healthcare providers seek data scientists at all levels to lower costs, improve patient care, provide pricing transparency, and enhance treatment decisions consistent with best practices.

“Data is the new oil.” Continue Reading

Choosing Your Path: Why an MBA is the Way to Go

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Some claim that an MBA is not absolutely necessary for you to embark on a career in business; so then what is the point of getting one? There are several obvious benefits to an online Masters in Business Administration Specialization and a few not-so-obvious ones as well. Among the obvious benefits are that it equips you with skills in management and a well-rounded knowledge-base to prepare you for a broad range of tasks and responsibilities. Continue Reading

Companies to Grant 1,100 Scholarships in 2013

It is not too late to apply for the following scholarship opportunity.

The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program, funded by the General Motors Foundation, will accept applications for 2013 scholarships through 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 28.

This is the third year the 1,100 Buick Achiever Scholarships will be awarded to students who excel in both the classroom and in the community and are pursuing degrees in engineering, design, information technology and business-related majors in the auto industry. Continue Reading

10 Good Reasons for Women to Work in Business

For women in business or who want to be in business, the following post shares 10 good reasons to take advantage of the opportunity.

The legend goes that prior to becoming the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina (now former CEO of HP) stuffed her pants with socks for a male-dominated meeting. Her message was clear: “I have everything it takes to compete.” Although Fiorina might be alone in literally stuffing her slacks, it’s a sure thing that plenty of other women have gone to great lengths—pulling longer-than-necessary hours, cutting maternity leaves short, and so on—to prove that they can keep up with the men. But the times they are a-changin’.

Today, says Vickie Milazzo, the need to play down femininity is a thing of the past. The almost constant changes to the way we communicate, interact, innovate, and do business are setting up an opportunity-filled future for women—no socks required! Continue Reading